SuperLega UnipolSai round 15 results:
Exprivia Molfetta-Revivre Milano 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-21); LPR Piacenza-Diatec Trentino 0-3 (14-25, 17-25, 15-25); Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova-Tonazzo Padova 3-2 (20-25, 25-22, 25-14, 20-25, 17-15); Sir Safety Conad Perugia-CMC Romagna 3-2 (27-29, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-11); DHL Modena-Gi Group Monza 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 28-26); Calzedonia Verona-Ninfa Latina 2-3 (25-22, 22-25, 18-25, 25-19, 13-15)
LPR PIACENZA – DIATEC TRENTINO 0-3 (14-25, 17-25, 15-25)
LPR PIACENZA: Coscione, Kohut 3, Ter Horst 8, Perrin 11, Papi 1, Lampariello (L), Zlatanov 3, Luburic 3, Tencati 6. DNP Patriarca, Tavares Rodrigues, Cottarelli. Coach. Giuliani.
DIATEC TRENTINO: Nelli 1, Mazzone 2, Bratoev, Giannelli 5, Lanza 6, Solé 9, Djuric 12, Colaci (L), Van De Voorde 9, Urnaut 9. DNP Antonov, De Angelis, Mazzone. Coach. Stoytchev.
Trento came out of the PalaBanca arena with a straight sets victory against Piacenza. While the visitors got away with three important points, the hosts will stand still with 6 points and feel very downhearted. In the first and third set, Piacenza had their opponents sprinting out of the starting blocks and could do very little to slow them down. MVP Simone Giannelli (Diatec Trentino)
Samuele Papi (Lpr Volley Piacenza): “It’s not been a good game. We definitely did not expect to win, but we should have done better. Since the game against Macerata we have not made any progress, on the contrary. It’s disappointing because we work well in training but the game is a different matter. We have to win as soon as possible or at least fight to reach a tie-break. We have to improve our game, when we don’t manage to stay close to our opponent we lose confidence”.
Tine Urnaut (Diatec Trentino): “I am thrilled we managed to take all three points, it’s important for the league table. We played well from the start and built early leads, and then we did a good job of maintaining those advantages. We played at a good level today, I am quite satisfied”.
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA – REVIVRE MILANO 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-21)
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Candellaro 3, Randazzo 2, De Barros Ferreira 9, Barone 4, De Pandis (L), Hierrezuelo 4, Fedrizzi 7, Hernandez Ramos 23. DNP Kaczynski, Spadavecchia, Mariella, Del Vecchio, Porcelli. Coach. Montagnani.
REVIVRE MILANO: Milushev 14, Alletti 4, Skrimov 8, Russomanno Dos Santos 2, Tosi (L), De Togni 4, Boninfante 5, Burgsthaler, Marretta 1. DNP Gavenda, Sbertoli, Rivan, Baranek. Coach. Monti.
In a renovated PalaPoli arena for this second part of season, Molfetta had a terrific performance. They got rid of Milan in three sets and managed to hold off any attempts to come-back in the game from their opponent. Before the encounter Hernandez received the MVP award for the month of December and thanks to another superb display, he then received the MVP of the match as he scored 23 points at 76%.
Fernando Hernandez Ramos (Exprivia Molfetta): “I received the MVP award but I think we all had a good game. We have to stay composed and focused for the coming games. The playoffs are getting closer now. We can’t afford to get carried away, we must keep our feet on the ground”.
Dante Boninfante (Revivre Milano): “In the first two sets, Molfetta’s serves made the difference. Hernandez really hurt us and our counter has not often been very productive. In each set, we stayed close till the halfway point, then we let them escape, while in the third set we should have shown some pride, but we didn’t”.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA – TONAZZO PADOVA 3-2 (20-25, 25-22, 25-14, 20-25, 17-15) – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA: Fei 9, Parodi, Juantorena 14, Priddy 9, Christenson 5, Cester 15, Grebennikov (L), Miljkovic 3, Corvetta, Cebulj 7, Podrascanin 15. DNP Vitelli, Stankovic. Coach. Blengini.
TONAZZO PADOVA: Cook 11, Leoni, Orduna 4, Giannotti 23, Balaso (L), Bassanello, Quiroga 6, Volpato 2, Averill 8, Berger 11, Milan, Diamantini 5. DNP Lazzaretto. Coach. Baldovin.
Civitanova needed five sets and two hours and a half to obtain the victory over Padova. A crucial win although Modena now has a two-point advantage at the top. All eyes were on the new signing Priddy, and the US spiker came on at 18-20 in the second with the hosts already one set down. He helped the team tie it at 20 and then the hosts escaped to go level at 1 set all thanks to blocks from Podrascanin and Christenson. Priddy started in a third set which was easily won. The North American ended the game with 9 points, 57% in attack, 67% in reception. Top scorer of the game with 23 points, Giannotti got his team back on track in the fourth, while in the fifth Padova had two match points before losing it on Miljkovic’s run of serves with points from Juantorena and Podrascanin. MVP Enrico Cester (Cucine Lube Banca Marche)
Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Banca Marche): “We knew it was going to be a difficult game. This tie-break should not be a surprise for anyone. Padova is a team that plays excellent volleyball, they play good dig and tonight they also hit their serve hard with good results. But we still took two good points, it’s not one lost. Next is Perugia on Wednesday, a crucial game for us”.
Valerio Baldovin (coach Tonazzo Padova): “It’s a shame to lose 17-15 at the tie-break but we’d have been happy with that before the game. Overall we had an excellent game, our opponents eventually managed to snatch it thanks to the talent of their many super stars. When they were trailing, they had Miljkovic and Priddy coming on, not exactly bad players to pick out from your bench”.
SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA – CMC ROMAGNA 3-2 (27-29, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-11) – SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA: Buti 2, Fromm 21, Holt, De Cecco 3, Kaliberda 15, Giovi (L), Elia 7, Franceschini, Atanasijevic 24, Fanuli, Birarelli 13. DNP Dimitrov. Coach. Kovac.
CMC ROMAGNA: Mengozzi 7, Ricci 6, Cavanna 2, Zappoli 4, Della Lunga 14, Van Garderen 1, Polo 3, Koumentakis, Goi (L), Torres 33, Boswinkel, Bari (L), Perini De Aviz. Coach. Kantor.
Perugia went back from the dead to clinch victory over Romagna. Pushed by over three thousand fans, Kovac’s men came back from 2-0 and 11-17 down in the third to complete an extraordinary come-back. Perugia was without Russell and Tzioumakas, and Ravenna was led by the agile hands of Cavanna, Torres and Della Lunga. But at one point, Elia (MVP) came on and things changed. Fromm and Atanasijevic found their rhythm in attack while Romagna started to make a couple of mistakes here and there. Explosion of joy from the crowd at the end of the tie-break as the hosts took two very unlikely points if we look at how things were going.
Alberto Elia (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “We are delighted with this result in an intense period for us. We might have felt this would be a comfortable win but instead Romagna played well and dominated us at the start of the game. Then we did what we had to do and fought back to get an extremely important result. In my opinion, the crowd has been key today, they really helped us not to give up and pushed us towards that victory”.
Stefano Mengozzi (Cmc Ravenna): “It’s a big disappointment, we can honestly say it. We could easily have taken the three points, we had our chances. We let it all go in the third set when we were 17-11 up, we should have sealed it there. But instead we let them back in it, and given how strong is Perugia, once they were in it, they never slowed down”.
DHL MODENA – GI GROUP MONZA 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 28-26)
DHL MODENA: Mossa De Rezende 3, Petric 9, Rossini (L), Ngapeth 11, Nikic 1, Bossi 5, Saatkamp 9, Vettori 15, Sighinolfi 1. DNP Donadio, Soli, Casadei, Sartoretti. Coach. Lorenzetti.
GI GROUP MONZA: Raic 9, Sala, Daldello, Galliani 14, Brunetti, Rizzo (L), Botto 8, Verhees 3, Beretta 6, Zanatta Buiatti 7. DNP Mercorio, Rousseaux, Gao. Coach. Vacondio.
Tight early first set with some good digs. Modena clinched it 25-22, then Monza got off to a strong start in the second (9-14) but Modena stepped up a gear (21-20) and won it. In the third, Daldello did a great job as he was in for Jovovic tonight: Monza was up 21-19. The hosts did not give up though, and tied it at 24 before winning it 28-26. MVP Luca Vettori (DHL Modena)
Angelo Lorenzetti (coach DHL Modena): “We won an extremely difficult game against a team that played some excellent volleyball. My boys did a great job of staying in the game. Congratulations to them. Now we have another important challenge coming up against Latina”.
Oreste Vacondio (coach Gi Group Monza): “We have lost against a great team but I am satisfied with my boys because they proved that Monza can really give a game to anyone”.
CALZEDONIA VERONA – NINFA LATINA 2-3 (25-22, 22-25, 18-25, 25-19, 13-15) – CALZEDONIA VERONA: Zingel 14, Kovacevic 20, Pesaresi (L), Gitto, Lecat 7, Spirito, Baranowicz 3, Bellei 10, Sander 20, Anzani 10. DNP Frigo, Starovic, Bucko. Coach. Giani.
NINFA LATINA: Krumins, Mattei 4, Sottile 5, Sket 15, Pavlov 3, Romiti (L), Tailli, Hirsch 25, Yosifov 6, Rossi 2, Maruotti 12. DNP Ferenciac. Coach. Placì.
Latina upset Verona on the road. Molfetta had beaten Verona at the tie-break last week and now it was Latina’s turn to do it in the fifth set. Verona won the first and fourth set, Latina the others. Hirsch was the top scorer of the game with 25 points, he was named MVP. Nicola Pesaresi celebrated his hundredth appearance with the Verona shirt.
Calzedonia Verona No press release
Daniele Sottile (Ninfa Latina): “Definitely a great victory and two important points, even crucial in the race for a playoff spot, especially in such a difficult gym. Verona is one of the top teams of this league so these points are extremely valuable. In the fourth set we had a couple of black-outs but we did a great job of getting back on our feet”.
League table
DHL Modena 40, Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova 38, Diatec Trentino 35, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 30, Calzedonia Verona 29, Exprivia Molfetta 23, Ninfa Latina 20, Gi Group Monza 15, Tonazzo Padova 15, CMC Romagna 14, LPR Piacenza 6, Revivre Milano 5.
Fixtures
SuperLega UnipolSai round 16
Wednesday 3 February at 8.30pm
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Diatec Trentino – CMC Romagna Live on Lega Volley Channel
Ninfa Latina – DHL Modena Live on Lega Volley Channel
LPR Piacenza – Calzedonia Verona Live on Lega Volley Channel
Tonazzo Padova – Exprivia Molfetta Live on Lega Volley Channel
Thursday 4 February at 8.30pm
Gi Group Monza – Revivre Milano Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Serie A2 UnipolSai round 18 results:
BAM Mondovì-Aurispa Alessano 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-19); Conad Reggio Emilia-Club Italia Roma 3-1 (25-23, 26-24, 21-25, 25-21); Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora-Sieco Service Ortona 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-20); Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana-Potenza Picena 3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-20); Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – 01/02/2016 at 20:30 Live on Lega Volley Channel; Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte-Emma Villas Siena 3-2 (25-20, 14-25, 31-29, 16-25, 16-14); Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania-Cassa Rurale Cantù 2-3 (25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 24-26, 9-15).
BAM MONDOVì – AURISPA ALESSANO 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-19)
BAM MONDOVì: Menardo 8, Parusso 10, Thei (L), Manassero 13, Longo 3, Cortellazzi 5, De Luca 17, Fabiano, Perla. DNP Peirano, Ghibaudo, Peluffo. Coach. Barisciani.
AURISPA ALESSANO: Muccio 2, Cernic 4, Piazza, Bolla 9, Torsello 5, Lamb 2, Jeliazkov 13, Bisanti (L), Piscopo 2. DNP Marzo, Russo, Pellegrino. Coach. Bramato.
CONAD REGGIO EMILIA – CLUB ITALIA ROMA 3-1 (25-23, 26-24, 21-25, 25-21)
CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Cetrullo 20, Bonante, Tondo 13, Bevilacqua 9, Kody 7, Benaglia 8, Silva 7, Scaltriti 1, Marchiani 2, Morgese (L). DNP Cargioli, Douglas-powell. Coach. Cantagalli.
CLUB ITALIA ROMA: Piccinelli (L), Margutti 16, Caneschi 3, Zoppellari 3, Zonca 5, Osak 7, Argenta 17, Galassi 11, Di Martino 3. DNP Marta, Gaia, Tofoli. Coach. Totire.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA – SIECO SERVICE ORTONA 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-20) – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Fabroni 5, Santucci (L), Bacca 9, Rosso 9, Hoogendoorn 9, Giglioli 9, Sperandio 13. DNP Mariano, Festi, Lucarelli, Buzzelli, Marrazzo, Mauti. Coach. Soli.
SIECO SERVICE ORTONA: Fiore 6, Simoni 3, Guidone 1, Matricardi, Sesto 5, Soonias 9, Cortina (L), Toscani, Di Meo 3, Lanci 1, Borgogno 2. DNP Lalloni, Orsini. Coach. Lanci.
GLOBO SCARABEO CIVITA CASTELLANA – VOLLEY POTENTINO POTENZA PICENA 3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 25-20, 25-20) – GLOBO SCARABEO CIVITA CASTELLANA: Cesarini (L), Paolucci 1, Da Silva Costa 35, Tataru, Marinelli 4, Sacripanti, Rau 5, De Matteis 8, Puliti 17, Alborghetti 1, Menicali 8. DNP Santilli, Marsili. Coach. Spanakis.
VOLLEY POTENTINO POTENZA PICENA: Cavuto 12, Codarin 7, Pierotti 6, Partenio 5, Cristofaletti 13, Calistri (L), Ferrini, Biglino 3, Ippolito 12, Quarta 9. DNP Miscio, Moretti. Coach. Graziosi.
MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE – EMMA VILLAS SIENA 3-2 (25-20, 14-25, 31-29, 16-25, 16-14) – MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE: Bulfon, Nero (L), Primavera (L), Scopelliti 7, Primavera, Tartaglione 20, Galaverna 15, Pedron 3, Bonetti 24, Giosa 4. DNP Gargiulo, Latorre, De Serio, Ntotila. Coach. Fanizza.
EMMA VILLAS SIENA: Di Marco 13, Majdak 10, Scappaticcio 2, Raffaelli 3, Tamburo 15, Pistolesi, Mengozzi, Braga 15, Snippe 8, Marchisio (L), Noda Blanco 17. DNP Fantauzzo, Bortolozzo, Granito. Coach. Caponeri.
MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA – CASSA RURALE CANTù 2-3 (25-21, 23-25, 25-22, 24-26, 9-15) – MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA: Calonico 11, Bonami (L), Vitangeli, Ottaviani, Mrdak 34, Mazzon 8, Monopoli 2, Shavrak 18, Esposito 7. DNP Anselmi, Straino, Hueller, Pieri. Coach. Tofoli.
CASSA RURALE CANTù: Monguzzi 11, Riva 1, Rudi (L), Cominetti, Tiozzo 16, Gerosa, Preti 16, Krolis 23, Robbiati 11. DNP Molteni, Butti, Groppi, Mazza, Gaggini. Coach. Della Rosa.
League table
Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 42, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 41, Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana 34, Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 30, Potenza Picena 30, Emma Villas Siena 29, Cassa Rurale Cantù 28, Conad Reggio Emilia 27, Sieco Service Ortona 23, Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 22, BAM Mondovì 22, Club Italia Roma 18, Aurispa Alessano 17, Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 12.
A game in hand: Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia, Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia
Fixtures
Serie A2 UnipolSai Round 19
Saturday 13 February at 8.30pm
Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora – Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana Live on Lega Volley Channel
Cassa Rurale Cantù – BAM Mondovì Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 14 February at 4pm
Emma Villas Siena – Conad Reggio Emilia Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 14 February at 6pm
Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte – Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania Live on Lega Volley Channel
Potenza Picena – Club Italia Roma Live on Lega Volley Channel
Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia – Aurispa Alessano Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 14 February at 7pm
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Sieco Service Ortona Live on Lega Volley Channel
